lawlberg
Booth Babe
Preface:
I made a custom exhaust and wound up melting my rear turn signals, the wiring and stalks. Luckily I had an integrated taillight, so that worked, but I didn't feel that comfortable with it. So I decided to make new turn signals. In making the new exhaust, I'd slimmed down the tail end and made it sexier and sleeker, so I wasn't about to put a could large and bulky signals on it again (plus they would melt off, again). I brain stormed a bit and here's where I landed.
Design:
I started off with a pair of flexible amber LED strips I got off of amazon - ([ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B9Q63IW/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i02?ie=UTF8&psc=1"]These[/ame]) Mine weren't as amber as they are in the picture, more of an orange than a yellow, but it's okay.
There are 9 LEDs on each strip, and I figured they would look great tucked into the sidepods that house all of my rear end wiring and fuses. They're a bit of a flexible, soft silicon material, so you can bend them to fit the shape (a little, too much and you'd probably crack the internal wiring).
I started by drilling 7/32'' holes in the side pods
After I had the holes drilled I tried to squeeze the strip in - Like a glove. 7/32nds is small enough that it's a tight squeeze (didn't even need glue to hold them in place) (had to trim a bit of the plastic on that stud that connects the pod to the frame)
Testing my lights with a 9v battery (they get brighter)
Installed - at night - not as bright as the Motodynamic integrated one - but it's mainly in case people don't see that little guy.
Overall, I'm happy with them - they add more side visibility and rear visibility to your turn signals - a very important thing if you're currently only using an integrated taillight - and they're sexy. I wish they were a little brighter, but I'll have to swap bikes with my roommate and see what it looks like from a distance.
I made a custom exhaust and wound up melting my rear turn signals, the wiring and stalks. Luckily I had an integrated taillight, so that worked, but I didn't feel that comfortable with it. So I decided to make new turn signals. In making the new exhaust, I'd slimmed down the tail end and made it sexier and sleeker, so I wasn't about to put a could large and bulky signals on it again (plus they would melt off, again). I brain stormed a bit and here's where I landed.
Design:
I started off with a pair of flexible amber LED strips I got off of amazon - ([ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B9Q63IW/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i02?ie=UTF8&psc=1"]These[/ame]) Mine weren't as amber as they are in the picture, more of an orange than a yellow, but it's okay.
There are 9 LEDs on each strip, and I figured they would look great tucked into the sidepods that house all of my rear end wiring and fuses. They're a bit of a flexible, soft silicon material, so you can bend them to fit the shape (a little, too much and you'd probably crack the internal wiring).
I started by drilling 7/32'' holes in the side pods
After I had the holes drilled I tried to squeeze the strip in - Like a glove. 7/32nds is small enough that it's a tight squeeze (didn't even need glue to hold them in place) (had to trim a bit of the plastic on that stud that connects the pod to the frame)
Testing my lights with a 9v battery (they get brighter)
Installed - at night - not as bright as the Motodynamic integrated one - but it's mainly in case people don't see that little guy.
Overall, I'm happy with them - they add more side visibility and rear visibility to your turn signals - a very important thing if you're currently only using an integrated taillight - and they're sexy. I wish they were a little brighter, but I'll have to swap bikes with my roommate and see what it looks like from a distance.
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